The Terror.

Topic Report - The Terror In the years 1793 - 1794 a vital stage of the French revolution known as the Terror took place. The committee of public safety (CPS) was set up on April 6th 1793 to preserve the reforms of the French revolution due to the opposition of the new revolutionary government. Its membership took final form on September 6th. Among its twelve members were Bertrande Barere de Vieuzac, Lazare Carnot, Georges Couthon, M.J. Herault …

…that the revolution stayed on track and the old regime would never return. Word Count = 1,321 Bibliography 1.Andress, French Society in Revolution 1789 - 1799 (Manchester University Press 1999) 2.Doyle, The Oxford History of the French Revolution (Oxford 1989) 3.Hampson, The French Revolution a Concise History (London 1975) 4.Jones, The Peasantry in the French Revolution (Cambridge 1988) Additional sources used Websites: - www.chnm.gmu.edu/revolution www.userweb.port.ac.uk/mandressd/frlinks.htm www.membersaol.com/agentmess/frenchrev/summary.htm